Water-distilling apparatus.



No. 771,832. I PATENTED OCT. 11, 1904. W. ROGHLITZ.

WATER DISTILLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. l2 1903.

NO MODEL.

Patented October 11, 1904.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- WILLIAM ROCHLITZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WATER-DISTILLING APPARATUS- SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 771,832, dated October 11, 1904.

Application filed November 12,1903. Serial No. 180,956. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1,. WILLIAM ROCHLITZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Water-Distilling Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my improvement is to provide a distilling device which canbe taken apart,

and thus allow all parts to be thoroughly cleaned, and which will supplypure distilled water, preventing the water in the boiler from passingover into the condenser with the steam.

Figure 1 is avertical central sectional view of the apparatus; Fig. 2, atop View of the same. Fig. 3 is a View of the support upon which theapparatus is mounted and includes the burner. Fig. 4: is a top view ofthe bracket and clamp which carries the burner and refers to Fig. 3. 7

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the different views.

A is a copper vessel inclosed in an outer case B, in communication witha condenser, of which C is the outer casing through which the coolingand feed water passes.

D is the condensing-tube in which the steam, passing from vessel Athrough tube E, is condensed into water.

I is a lateral enlargement of the casing, serving to maintain a constantwater-level in the copper vessel A, (the boiler,) with which it isconnected by a' feed-pipe P.

N is the water-inlet, which keeps the condenser C filled and suppliesthe vessel A with water to the line of the waste-water outlet U.

K is a support made of heavy sheet metal, bent on the edges to the shapeof two grooves 3/ y, in which the clamp Z, Fig. 2, slides, holding thewhole apparatus in position. K is fastened to the wall by means ofwood-screws passing through the holes to w w.

m is a stop which arrests the descent of the clamp Z, Fig. 2-, and holdsit in position.

M is a sheet-metal bracket into which a Bunsen burner L is inserted andwhich is also adjusted in the grooves y y of the support K.

S S, &c. denote holes in the case B through which the flue-gases escape.

J and J are rubber gaskets which form steam-tight joints at those placeswhere the apparatus is to be disconnected when it becomes necessary toclean the vessel and condenser from deposits which always accumulateduring operation. Both joints are held tight by means of the bolt G,which passes through a tube 9, connected with the top and bottom of E insuch a manner as to prevent leakage of steam from E, the bolt Gr beingfastened by means of the thumb-screw H.

F is a block, preferably rectangular in crosssection, resting on theroof of the tube E of the condenser C and distributes a uniform pressureon the whole top of the apparatus. F may be made solid, as shown, or inthe form of a tube or hollow block.

The pressure which is necessary to clamp the rubber gaskets J J andobtain steamtight joints between the steam dome or cap V and boiler Aand between the end of E and the condenser C is applied by means of thethumb-screw H.

X is a sheet-metal connection riveted to casing B and condenser O,holding these parts together and serving as a support to which the boltG is riveted.

In operation water enters through the cock N in the condenser-casing Cto the height of the waste-outlet U and enters the boiler A through thepipe P, thus maintaining a head of water equal to the difference betweenthe levels of U and P. In A the water is evaporated by means of theBunsen burner L, and the steam passes out through dome V, tube E, andcondensing-tube D, where it is condensed by the cold water rising in theouter casing C.

As the most essential characteristic of an be removed, thus by oneoperation laying open all parts which must be cleaned out.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A distilling apparatus comprising a condenser, a supply-chambersurrounding the condenser and provided with a lateral enlargement tomaintain a constant Water-level in the boiler with which it is connectedby a feed-pipe, a boiler fitted with a cap or dome communicating bymeans of a tube with the condenser, the tube and cap or dome beingremovable in one piece and held firmly in position by a thumb-screwpassing through the tube, making a steam-tight joint, this screw beingriveted to a support X, preferably of sheet metal riveted to thecondenser and casing surrounding the boiler, substantially as, and forthe purposes described.

2. The combination of the condenser arranged with its upper end in opencommunication with the boiler through a tube connected with a steam capor dome, the tube and cap or dome being connected and removable in onepiece, being held in position so as to give a steam-tight joint by meansof a thumb-screw attached to a support, X, riveted to the condenser andcasing surrounding the boiler, substantially as described.

WILLIAM ROCHLITZ.

In presence of THEO. F. DECKER, OLOF FRoMBLE.

